Outlier - 2010
Press
The Arts Desk, May 16 2010
"Outlier is completely absorbing in its relentless physical inventiveness and its fluid, unpredictable changes of speed and texture; at every moment you wait on the edge of your seat to see what the dancers will do next, what they might be capable of. It's this sense of possibility that makes the ballet - and ballet - so thrilling."
Read the full reviewThe Huffington Post, May 17 2010
"This energetic, sexy ballet is everything a contemporary ballet can be. It takes from the past and rockets to the future."
Read the full reviewThe New Yorker, May 24 2010
âOutlier, the new ballet by Wayne McGregor, one of the hottest properties in European contemporary dance."
The New York Observer, May 25 2010
"McGregor has real virtues, the most important of which in his new Outlier is his success in understanding his 11 City Ballet dancers and making them look as good or even better than ever."
Read the full reviewFinancial Times, May 18 2010
"The mesmerising outlandishness of Outlier â McGregorâs first US commission, for the New York City Ballet â lies not in its disequilibrium but in the delicate operations it performs on that awry state."
Read the full reviewNew York Times, May 16 2010
"Iâm not bothered that the force with which Mr. McGregor contrasts individual body parts is anti-classical, since balletâs classicism needs a good shakeup at regular intervals. Even more than William Forsythe, Mr. McGregor is the most Mannerist choreographer today; but that, too, need not be a bad thing."
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